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Belgium's Wallonia misses EU 'ultimatum' on Canada trade pact
Oct 24, 2016 (AFP)
A Brussels summit to seal a landmark EU-Canada trade deal is "still possible" this week, European Council President Donald Tusk said Monday, even though Belgium...
Canada-EU failure signals more bad news for free trade deals
Oct 23, 2016 (AFP)
The collapse of free trade talks between Canada and the European Union Friday is yet another sign of increasingly stiff resistance to economic globalization. De...
Belgian region rejects EU 'ultimatum' over Canada trade pact
Oct 23, 2016 (AFP)
Belgium's Wallonia region on Sunday dealt a fresh blow to a proposed EU-Canada trade deal, rejecting a 24-hour ultimatum from the bloc to end its objection to t...
Indian washermen keep tradition alive despite daily grind
Oct 21, 2016 (AFP)
Standing knee deep in a cement tank of milky water, Dinesh Kumar dunks clothes before vigorously scrubbing them with a brush at an outdoor laundry in the Indian...
EU's Tusk warns Canada trade deal 'could be our last'
Oct 20, 2016 (AFP)
European Union president Donald Tusk warned the bloc would be incapable of negotiating new trade deals if Belgium fails to approve the accord with Canada by Fri...
Belgian region rejects EU ultimatum for Canada deal
Oct 19, 2016 (AFP)
The head of the Belgian region of Wallonia on Wednesday said he still refused to sign off on a EU-Canada trade accord and asked that a visit by Canadian premier...
EU sets Belgium ultimatum to back Canada trade deal
Oct 18, 2016 (AFP)
The European Union gave Belgium until a leaders' summit on Friday to approve a troubled free trade pact with Canada which has been blocked by its small French-s...
Tycoon Packer 'deeply concerned' for staff held in China
Oct 18, 2016 (AFP)
Australian gaming tycoon James Packer said Tuesday he was "deeply concerned" about 18 of his Crown Resorts staff detained in China as his board held an emergenc...
Crown shares dive as China detains high-roller chief
Oct 17, 2016 (AFP)
Shares in billionaire James Packer's Crown Resorts plunged Monday after 18 sales and marketing staff were detained in China, including an executive in charge of...
Bangladesh, China firms ink multi-bln deals as Xi ends tour
Oct 15, 2016 (AFP)
Bangladeshi and Chinese firms have signed $13.6 billion in trade and investment deals on the sidelines of President Xi Jinping's brief tour to the South Asian n...
Belgium's Wallonia region blocks EU-Canada trade deal
Oct 14, 2016 (AFP)
Lawmakers in the small Belgian region of Wallonia on Friday voted to block an EU-Canada free trade deal, a move which could seriously complicate future talks wi...
Rights group urges Nicaragua to scrap canal project
Oct 14, 2016 (AFP)
A leading human rights group urged Nicaragua on Friday to abandon plans for a massive interoceanic canal, saying it poses a threat to people, forests and Centra...
China exports dive in September on weak global demand
Oct 13, 2016 (AFP)
China's exports plummeted in September, data showed Thursday, as anaemic global demand dealt another blow to the world's second-largest economy, while weak impo...
US seeks WTO panel on China trade barriers for raw materials
Oct 13, 2016 (AFP)
The United States on Thursday said it was calling for a World Trade Organization arbitration panel to resolve an escalating trade dispute on Chinese export barr...
Paypal founder raises $100 mn for new payments startup
Oct 13, 2016 (AFP)
Affirm, a startup led by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, said Thursday it secured $100 million in financing to expand its consumer lending business that aims to ...
EU hits China with fresh steel anti-dumping duties
Oct 07, 2016 (AFP)
The European Union on Friday hit China with anti-dumping duties on two types of steel imports as Europe tries to cope with a global steel glut largely driven by...
Trump factory jobs sent to China may never come back
Oct 06, 2016 (AFP)
US presidential candidate Donald Trump has pledged to bring long lost American manufacturing jobs back from China. But he may be too late -- even for products t...
IMF warns of protectionist threat to global growth
Oct 04, 2016 (AFP)
The IMF on Tuesday left its global economic forecasts unchanged into 2017 but called on governments to take action against the threats of low growth and protect...
Canada, China aim to strike free-trade deal
Sep 22, 2016 (AFP)
Canada and China have agreed to begin talks for a possible free-trade accord with an aim of doubling bilateral commerce by 2025, Canadian Prime Minister Justin ...
Two top China steelmakers announce merger to combat glut
Sep 20, 2016 (AFP)
Two of China's top steelmakers announced plans Tuesday to merge,creating the world's second-largest manufacturer of the commodity as markets struggle with a glu...
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